A healthy environment is important to our region's economy and way of life. I am committed to increasing funding for low and zero-emission buses and ferries, investing in public transit, making transportation and the electric grid cleaner through new renewable energy infrastructure.

I have always supported a cleaner, healthier environment with good-paying green jobs for Northwest Washington families. And that is why I am honored to have received a score of 100% on the 2020 League of Conservation Voters Scorecard.

Just because Donald Trump is out of office, does not mean his ideas are gone.

We need to organize because all of this will be back on the ballot. It is on us to be the first line of defense against those who are denying climate change and ignoring the critical opportunity of our green energy future.

A few weeks ago, I asked for your opinion on the three most critical issues facing our country — understanding the number one priority for all of us is ending this devastating pandemic and the economic hardship it has created.

And while there were hundreds of responses for every proposed topic (plus quite a few emails in my inbox about additional ones!) here are the top four:

• Climate change
• Make health care more affordable
• Restore the Voting Rights Act
• Rebuild our aging infrastructure

Here is the good news: We are tackling every single one of those critical priorities in the early days of this new Congress and will be tackling several others as the year progresses.

Democracy has prevailed.

We are turning the page on the chaos and crisis that came from the White House every single day for the last four years.

Now, it is time to get to work. We have a lot to do. And I am ready to work with this new administration to tackle the issues that face our local communities.